Ever heard of the phrase "young and stupid"? Well that's when most of us decide to have kids. Don't get me wrong, I love my kids but years ago when we (my wife and I) decided to have kids we were young and very stupid. What I mean is that if I had any idea of all that could go wrong, I may have thought it out a bit before bravely "going where no man had gone before".
I have two lovely children age 16 and 14. My first born is a son, George, and a daughter for the second. We were planing another child three years after my daughter. George was around one year old when I noticed that he seemed more off balance than other children his age.
Alarm bells!
It was difficult at first for other people to see the movements but after another year (two years old) our family doctor noticed the jerky movements and unsteady gait. We knew there was something serious when we were refered to The Childrens Red Cross Hospital in Cape Town.
George was given a "probable" diagnosis of Ataxia Telangjiektasia ( I may need to check the spelling). No definate diagnosis could be made in South Africa - we were off to America!
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